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| | | description = '''The Roads to Darkness''' is a tragic play written by an unknown author. | ||
| book | | quote = This play tells the epic tragedy of three {{CharLink|Elf|elven|icon=Race Elf.png}} friends who kill each other in their quest for power. | ||
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| book author = unknown | |||
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Wait | Wait – do you hear that sound? | ||
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Your eyes are black as Shar. | Your eyes are black as {{CharLink|Shar}}. | ||
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And you? I saw your teeth, they're sharp as blades. | And you? {{CharLink|Vampire|I saw your teeth, they're sharp as blades}}. | ||
And what is with this road, so slick with blood? | And what is with this road, so slick with blood? | ||
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[The rest of the play tells the tale of three elven friends, their paths to power, and how | [The rest of the play tells the tale of three elven friends, their paths to power, and how – corrupted, mad, and lonely – they killed each other.] | ||
| type = Books | | type = Books | ||
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| weight kg = 0.5 | | weight kg = 0.5 | ||
| weight lb = | | weight lb = 1 | ||
| price = 14 | | price = 14 | ||
| | | uid = S_UND_ClericPoem_Peace | ||
| | | uuid = c294ca4c-b2e1-4ebd-81ff-5a6fd6fa12e5 | ||
| where to find = | | notes = * [[The Roads to Darkness]] is written in [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter iambic pentameter], a style associated with Elizabethan playwrights like William Shakespeare. | ||
| where to find = * Third floor / bedroom of the [[Arcane Tower]] at {{coords|-28|-295}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 27 February 2025
The Roads to Darkness is a tragic play written by an unknown author.
This play tells the epic tragedy of three elven friends who kill each other in their quest for power.
Properties
Author: unknown
Rarity: Common
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 14 gp 
UID
S_UND_ClericPoem_PeaceUUID
c294ca4c-b2e1-4ebd-81ff-5a6fd6fa12e5
Where to find
- Third floor / bedroom of the Arcane Tower at X: -28 Y: -295
Text
THE ROADS TO DARKNESS
An epic tragedy about power, corruption, and loneliness
PROLOGUE. A lonely road.
Thunder and lightning. Enter Soreth
SORETH:
New sounds through damp and dark oppression break
Is it the foe, that foul, contemptuous heel?
Or art thou friend, a rescue from my lonely wake?
Come out of love for me, not love for blood and steel.
Enter Rysia
RYSIA:
How would I know, how would I know, Soreth?
It's been so long, what do I know of you
And you of me?
SORETH:
Wait – do you hear that sound?
Enter Amphius
AMPHIUS:
What's this? Those figures so familiar both
But still you seem so strange.
SORETH:
It's Amphius.
RYSIA:
Dear Amphius! What happened to your face?
It's pale as death.
SORETH:
Your eyes are black as Shar.
AMPHIUS:
And you? I saw your teeth, they're sharp as blades.
And what is with this road, so slick with blood?
What happened here? What happened to us all?
Exeunt
END PROLOGUE
ACT I. Ten years prior.
[The rest of the play tells the tale of three elven friends, their paths to power, and how – corrupted, mad, and lonely – they killed each other.]
Notes
- The Roads to Darkness is written in iambic pentameter, a style associated with Elizabethan playwrights like William Shakespeare.